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There is a boil water notice in effect for Kickapoo and Branchwood subdivisions due to plant maintenance, according to Lake Livingston Water Supply officials. TCEQ has required Kickapoo Public Water System to notify all customers to boil their water before consumption (e.g. washing hands/face, brushing teeth, drinking, etc.)

Officials with the Lower Colorado River Authority announced on Monday they are easing drought restrictions in our area, from Stage 2 to Stage 1. The change comes after Central Texas saw a very rainy May.

The City of McLendon-Chisholm in Rockwall County told residents on Sunday night to be ready to evacuate. McLendon-Chisholm Mayor Bryan McNeal said the ground near the dam has shifted six feet in about 24 hours, including three feet since 6 a.m. on Monday.

A boil water notice has been issued by the N.E.W. Water Supply Corporation in San Augustine.

Across the Lone Star State, there are 85 state parks, natural areas and historic sites currently operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The first parks were opened to the public in the 1930s and the newest, Old Tunnel State Park, opened in 2012. TPWD also has plans to develop five sites into future state parks.

People who live near Roanoke should continue to boil their water after a wastewater plant spillage May 28, a Trinity River Authority release stated. A Roanoke city news release stated the "outflow will not affect service to any customers and no drinking water supplies have been threatened or contaminated by the outflow."

After severe weather caused extensive damage and flooding in the Greater Houston area and surrounding counties since April 26, nearly 24,000 individual assistance applications have been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Texas disaster survivors who applied for federal assistance. A total of nearly $44 million in federal funding will go toward individuals and households for disaster survivors who applied for assistance, according to May 30 numbers on the agency's disaster declaration report.

More and more people are moving to the City of Waco and neighborhoods around us. City officials are looking to expand their infrastructure. Part of that is pushing forward with the North Brazos Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is something we've previously reported on. As those plans develop, city leaders are looking to expand their Bull Hide Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The Trinity River Authority reported the spill Wednesday morning, saying their Denton Creek Regional Wastewater System experienced "an outflow in its collection system" on Tuesday morning. The river authority is attributing the spill to a hydraulic overload caused by excessive rainfall during Tuesday's storms, which left behind widespread damage across North Texas.

Through Hidalgo County Drainage District #1, the city of La Villa was awarded $2 million from the Texas General Land Office for drainage upgrades. The money will be used to help control flooding in a drainage channel that runs north. When there is heavy rain, the channel overflows and the water floods into homes. 

Freshwater mussels can pump and filter eight to 15 gallons of water a day, cleaning rivers and streams. Six of the 50 mussels that call Texas home are federally protected by Monday’s listing.

Months after KSAT learned lead was found in San Antonio ISD water, emails and purchase orders reveal the district purchased water bottle fillers that didn't have lead filters days after learning some schools had high amounts.

On May 21, Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham presented League City with a $15 million grant to update the city’s master drainage plan, flood preparedness efforts and various drainage improvement projects, according to a May 29 news release from the city.

As triple-digit days descend upon San Antonio, the San Antonio Water System staff is preparing for what is already promising to be another record-breaking season of water main breaks. The municipal water utility experienced the most main breaks within pipes delivering the city’s water supply ever in 2023 due to the scorching summer heat that led San Antonio to reach 75 triple-digit days last year.

While not an endangered species, the weasel family member was believed to have moved its habitation to the East Texas area due to habitat loss and trapping.

The Austin City Council on Thursday approved more than $1 billion in contracts to upgrade and expand the Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in East Austin. The plant is one of Austin Water's two major facilities that treat wastewater from the city's sanitary sewer collection system before sending it back into the Colorado River, according to the city of Austin.

After holding off for years, in 2022 the city’s past commission launched the water rate plan, set to increase household rates by 2% each year for five years while boosting average annual utility bills by $1.02 to as much as $1.54, based on water usage. Last year, as part of the current $16.7 million budget, officials launched the first part of the plan, raising commercial rates by 8.3% to as much as 9.8% each year over a five-year period, based on usage.

The San Antonio Water System approved changes to its water conservation rules. SAWS says the current drought restrictions are not doing enough to save water, and they are proposing changes that they say will close a “loophole" and tighten the tap on some of the biggest water-users in town.